Cortex
Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 575-591 , May 2009

Phonological dyslexia and dysgraphia: Cognitive mechanisms and neural substrates

  • Steven Z. Rapcsak

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Section, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Neurology Section (1-11M), Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, 3601 South 6th Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723, USA.
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  • Pélagie M. Beeson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • Maya L. Henry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • Anne Leyden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • Esther Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • Kindle Rising

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • Sarah Andersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
    • ,
  • HyeSuk Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Received 27 November 2007 ,Revised 8 April 2008 ,Accepted 9 April 2008.

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